Bolts of Lightning With Karen M. McManus

First Draft Episode #333: Karen M. McManus

Karen M. McManus is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
young adult thrillers, including the One of Us Is Lying series
(now a Peacock TV show), Two Can Keep a Secret, The Cousins,
joins to talk about her latest, You’ll Be the Death of Me.


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Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode:




Stephen King, author of thrillers like It, The Shining, and
Carrie (and, uh, lots more)




Agatha Christie, author of And Then There Were None, Murder
on the Orient Express, and Death on the Nile.




Lois Duncan, author of I Know What You Did Last Summer,
Killing Mr. Duncan, and Down a Dark Hall




Mary Higgins Clark, author of Where Are the Children?, Two
Little Girls in Blue, and You Belong to Me




The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins




Only Murders in the Building (TV show)




Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna
and the French Kiss and the horror novel There’s Someone
Inside Your House (watch the Netflix film adaptation Oct. 6!)
talks about her newest scary book, The Woods Are Always
Watching. Hear her First Draft interview here!




️ Enjoy this episode? Check out…




Courtney Summers, author of
Cracked Up to Be, This is Not A Test, All The Rage, Sadie,
and The Project. Hear her First Draft interviews here and
here.




Tiffany D. Jackson, author of thrillers
Allegedly, Monday’s Not Coming, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Grown,
and White Smoke. Hear her First Draft interviews here and
here.




Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling
author of feminist thrillers Whisper Network and The
Husbands. Hear her First Draft interview here.




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